Why not have a poll that how many of us will only book it when we come to see the bike in flesh or when we get confirmed OTR ... what say ???

Customer information is vital for a marketing dept. to get right the S-T-P: Segmentation-Targeting-Positioning for its product.

By gathering info of its potential customers, HMSI would be able to Segment the market/customers and therefore be sure which type/profile of customers to Target and how to Position its product in the minds of the target customer so that it appeals to him in the most relevant manner.

It won't hurt to give what HMSI the info that they want.

What's your age?
XX
What's your marital status?
Married
Do you have any kids?
Yes - hello? Hello? ( the opposite party has cut the call)
no - call proceeds
Do you have wife's permission?
...
What's your family planning?

Scorcher: Great way of telling the company. Next time, ask whether they provide escort services along with bike!

payeng: I say screw HMSI if they are collecting private info. The inquiry is about bike, not japanese girls available for dating. I personally like to mess with their data.

Married: Yes, thrice
Kids: total six, Two from me, three from past wive's husbands, one's origin unknown

Data collection is NOT meant to be free, and certainly not on the cost of wasting time of customers interested in product. There are agencies like IMRB that conduct such surveys giving out some freebies for people who participate in the survey.

Good one.. made my day..

Well, they have to do something till April.

But I agree that they could at least clear doubts like On-Road price or at least provide test rides.

I will do that if they call me for any such stupid info

I think Honda is more inclined towards doing some sort of family survey rather than selling the bike.

They want to see that what kind of people are going to buy this bike but are not keen on declaring the exact price.

They will see how many bookings they are able to do at the price of 1.5L and then decide what should be the official price...

Lesser booking = decrease in price
more booking = 1.5L (they might even think of increasing the price )

But I think this approach is not good as you can not judge the sales of the bike 1 year down the line by looking at just the number of booking when the bike is launched because this bike IS costly for most of us.

Booked my CBR this morning. Red Abs version. Now I'll just have to wait and see it actually in the flesh to determine whether it fits my size or not.

Am about 5'11, 106 kilos. Have to shed off atleast 10 kgs before April so that I don't look ridiculous riding the honda.

The Karizma ZMR was comfortably my size (except for those weeedy tyres). I was comparing the dimensions and the CBR is a bit smaller than the ZMR in length, breadth as well as height. It does have a longer wheelbase but the mini fairing makes it look like a smaller bike, at least in pics.

I hope it's more substantial looking in real coz i don't wanna go in for yet another Bullet...

Oh and the Honda manager called personally and asked my complete bio-data.

He even asked " what are u comparing the CBR to?" So i said "it's better than the Pulsars and the Karizma."

(Hopefully) "Better than the Ninja?"
I said, "No, the Ninja is much better, but ur Honda is cheaper".

He hastily ended the conversation....

P.S- No HRC colors as far as the Siliguri dealer knows... only the usual silver, black and Red.

I'm the fifth person to book the CBR in these parts- (Siliguri & Sikkim).

The same fellow through whom I booked called me a few mins ago but didn't ask anything related to marital status or kids

Asked only the D.O.B and my profession/designation

i think bookings are crossing honda's expectations because i live in a small town and here they have almost done 10 bookings

Hi,
could somebody please let meknow how the Road tax is computed. I was been told its Rs X * CC of the vehicle.
Isnt that stupid if they compute the tax on basis of the amount of the Ex Showroom price? we pay the VAT however for that.

(Me not a CA so pardon my ignorance)

It is based on the tax levied by the governement. In Bangalore I think the road tax (including cess) is 13.2% of the ex-showroom price plus Insurance. I might be wrong but this is what I am aware of, maybe someone from bangalore will be help you out on this.

this is the information i got from fortune honda hyderabad. they called after 1 week of posting query at there website. he was actually pleading me to book the bike. might be he gets some intransitives when asked about on road price NON-ABS version 1.63 lakhs ABS 1.95lakhs



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INTRODUCTION:
The CBR250R has a liquid-cooled 250cc 4-stroke 4-valve single-cylinder DOHC. It has peak horsepower of 26 bhp kicks in at 8500 rpm. Of course, with big going power, one needs massive stopping power as well. The bike features a Combined Brake System (a front- and rear-wheel interlocking braking system) and ABS (to prevent wheel locking when braking at high speeds).
The booking for CBR250R has commenced from 1st of January 2011.
The expected delivery time for the CBR250R is somewhere around April 2011.
In order to book your CBR250R you have to deposit Rs.5000 at any of our locations listed below. There would be two variants of this 250cc bike from Honda, one with the ABS and the other lacking ABS. The non ABS version will cost around Rs. 1,50,000 whereas the ABS version will cost somewhere around Rs. 1,80,000 as per the communication by HMSI. The exact pricing, brochures and Display vehicles may arrive shortly. We will communicate the same details as when they are available. Happy Riding. I Enjoy.

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Hey guys !! This is shashank here and its my first post on xbhp
Im really excited about my booking of the Honda CBR 250R. I just booked the Red ABS version. The sales representative told me the HRC colour is not available? Im eagarly waiting for my bike and i was told that i was the 8th customer to book it and i can expect the delivery in the first week of April. Just cant wait. Cheers !